Cultural Competency & Historical Trauma
WEBINAR: August 3, 2023, 9:00AM - 10:30AM PT [CLOSED]
The Nevada LTAP is hosting a free 90-minute webinar on Cultural Competency & Historical Trauma. Cultural competency is the ability to interact with people across cultures in an effective and respectful manner. It includes knowing and reflecting on the cultural values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of yourself and others.
This web conference covers skills to communicate, collaborate, and achieve desired goals in cross-cultural situations, and tribal relations are highlighted to illustrate real-life examples.
This webinar is ideal for anyone who wishes to:
- Become more aware of their own personal and organizational cultures
- Examine how their personal and organizational cultures affect their ability to work with others in both negative and positive ways
- Build skills to increase competencies in working with others.
This webinar is free and is presented by Carrie Brown, Director of the Nevada LTAP.
Cultural Competency?
Cultural competency and understanding historical trauma are relevant in the U.S. transportation sector to promote equity, address disparities, engage communities effectively, ensure environmental justice, and foster diversity and inclusion.
By integrating these concepts into transportation planning, policymaking, and service delivery, the sector can strive towards more equitable and inclusive transportation systems that meet the needs of all communities.
Carrie Brown, MSML
In her 15 years in public health and human services, Carrie Brown has served communities as Director of Human Services, Tribal Health & Human Services Director, Safety Circuit Rider, and is currently the Director of the Nevada LTAP under Applied Pavement Technology.
Her expertise is in training delivery with a focus on cultural sensitivity; her mission is to empower agencies to support and strengthen their communities through transportation countermeasures and safety initiatives.
